The tomato is legally a vegetable. To circumvent a tarrif first implemented in 1887. Wow!

"In 1893, the United States Supreme Court settled this thorny issue: the tomato is legally a vegetable."
See link below;
https://www.wanderingvine.com/stories-1/controversial-supreme-court-decision-is-the-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable#:~:text=In%201893%2C%20the%20United%20States,tomato%20is%20legally%20a%20vegetable.

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novaguy2u · 70-79, M

Legally in the States perhaps, but the rest of the world knows that it is a fruit.

jehova · 31-35, M

@novaguy2u yes i agree. And now i know why the debate even exists. Only leafy greens seeds stems branches and flowers of a plant are vegetables. The leaf on an apple stem is a vegetable.